Good company but no balance - Store Manager ALDI Employee Review

3.0
Apr 29, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay and benefits as a SM.

Cons

No work life balance. No advance potential beyond Store Manager. They only hire district managers externally, usually fresh out of college with no real experience. This causes a lot of turnover over and micro managing that is exhausting on the store teams.

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5.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

Fast paced. Work with good people

Cons

micromanagement. Unrealistic expectations sometimes. Overal ok

5.0
Oct 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

+ industry leading wages Associates - $12/hr, Shift Mgr - $16/hr, SMT - $23/hr, Store Manager - $75,000+/yr + great work environment + excellent training + health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k + 40-50 hr/wk with paid overtime Very fast paced so work hours fly by. I loved working at Aldi. The pay was great! Benefits great! Was training to be a store manager so a lot was expected of me but I was totally up for it. My store manager loved my work, associates loved my fairness, customers loved me.

Cons

+ work/life balance + walked 28,000 steps/day!!! Never thought I would be fired for clocking in only minutes late!!

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